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“How People Make Things” celebrates the story of how things are made — the people, the manufacturing processes and the technology used to make everyday objects.
The new Springfield Museums’ exhibit “How People Make Things” offers hands-on stations to explore four steps in manufacturing: cut, mold, deform and assemble. The exhibit runs Saturday through May 9 and includes COVID-19 safety protocols, such as mask wearing, social distancing and one-way traffic.
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Springfield Museums explore ‘How People Make Things’ Exhibit inspired by the Mister Rogers’ factory tours
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hen Jenny A. Powers was a child, she watched “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” almost every day. She enjoyed the factory tours Fred Rogers took his television audience on; her favorite was the crayon factory tour.
“Crayons were a big part of my life, and that episode really opened my imagination and made me want to learn more about how everyday objects
were created,” she said. “I also loved the episode where we learned how construction paper is made, especially how the different colors are
produced.” She is now the family engagement coordinator at the Springfield Museums and a member of the Educator’s Neighborhood through The Fred Rogers Center at St. Vincent’s College. So she is pleased the Springfield Museums are presenting “How People Make Things,” an exhibit inspired by the Mister Rogers’ factory tours. It runs Jan. 16 through May 9 at the Springfield Science Museum. “How People Make Things” offers hands-on stations to
explore four steps in manufacturing: cut, mold, deform and assemble. “Knowing what goes into creating objects can help foster a sense of respect and care of them, which can also extend to respect and care for other humans and our environment,” Powers explained. “Knowing about the people who made them can inspire a wide range of career opportunities, from the factory floor to research and development.” In addition, learning about manufacturing can inspire
IF YOU GO Exhibit: “How People Make Things” Where: Springfield Science Museum, 21 Edwards St., Springfield When: Saturday through May 9 Hours: Tuesday–Saturday: 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Sunday: 11 a.m.–5 p.m., Monday: Closed Admission: Advance ticket purchase encouraged at springfieldmuseums.org/ tickets. Adults: $25, seniors (60+): $16.50, college students: $16.50, youth 3–17: $13, children under 3: free. Springfield residents (with valid ID) are free. More information: springfieldmuseums.org.
children to be interested in every aspect of science, technology, engineering, art, math and history, and may even inspire them to become future inventors. “I like to think my early interest in crayons and
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‘Jungleland’ pulls no punches By KATIE FORAN-MCHALE
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Children explore “How People Make Things” pre-COVID-19. The exhibit, which runs at the Springfield Museums from Saturday to May 9, celebrates the people, the manufacturing processes and the technology used to make everyday objects. COVID-19 protocols, including mask wearing and social distancing, will be in place.
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no one could possibly leave the exhibit without a sense of awe (and pride) at the smarts necessary to manufacture anything successfully. And Springfield manufactured and continues to manufacture successfully,” she said. Mister Rogers had deep respect for children’s intellect. “This exhibit allows children to explore ideas using their whole beings, allowing for realizations of respect and awe for those doing this important work,” Powers said. “With simple terms, presented in a comfortable setting, Mister Rogers exemplified for children the most important human values including respect and integrity. This exhibit, by allowing children to immerse themselves in ‘How People Make Things,’ helps build respect for the remarkable work of factory workers.” The exhibit was created by Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh in collaboration with Family Communications Inc., the producer of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” and the University of Pittsburgh Center for Learning in Out-ofSchool Environments. For more information, visit springfieldmuseums.org.
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construction paper is part of what eventually brought me to the Art Discovery Center at Springfield Museums,” Powers said. “How People Make Things” celebrates the story of how things are made — the people, the manufacturing processes and the technology used to make everyday objects. “Hands-on/minds-on learning is essential for a full understanding of concepts,” said Larissa Murray, director of education at the museums. “This exhibit offers so many ways to explore manufacturing from actually making things to interactive games to better understand the jobs people have within factories.” The exhibit is geared to children ages 5 to 12 and their families. The skills of cutting, molding, deforming and assembling are presented with a number of different stations that allow visitors to try each. “And many will find that they are actually skills many of us do every day — we cut a piece of paper, mold Play-doh,
put Legos together into new shapes and try to assemble bookshelves without having pieces left over,” Powers said. Visitors can use a die cutter to cut a pattern of a horse or box that can be folded and taken home. They can match a finished product to the mold that was used to form it and deform a wire into a coil shape. And they can assemble a structure at a building center. “Innovation, ingenuity and industriousness have defined Springfield since its inception,” Powers said. George Washington saw this riverside city’s potential as a hub for the burgeoning nation and started the city down the road to technological development and nimble entrepreneurship that continues to define its pluckiness today.” Because Springfield excelled at precision manufacturing, craftspeople arrived from throughout the world to share their knowledge and learn from one another. “‘How People Make Things’ honors the remarkable thought-process that goes into manufacturing and explains complicated systems in such wonderfully clear ways that
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Alex2e to release new single, ‘Lonely’
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estern Massachusetts recording artist Alex2e is releasing a new single. “Lonely” is available tomorrow through Spotify, Apple Music, and other major streaming sites.
The music will be released through spirithousemusic. com and available on streaming services.
• Despite setting up as a socially-distanced performance, Foxwoods Resort Casino has Alex2e (a.k.a. Alex Tuohey) postponed the appearance of continues to hone his craft as DC Young Fly at its Grand a songwriter, and pre-COVID Theater. the Western Massachusetts The performance at the native’s live show was earning Mashantucket, Connecticut, praise locally and beyond. was scheduled for Saturday. He released his first EP Purchased tickets will be ‘Half-Grown’ in 2018 and honored for the new date has toured with One Tree when it is announced. Hill’s Tyler Hilton, opened DC Young Fly is an internet personality, comedian, select shows on the Pop 2000 actor, host, rapper, and singer tour, and headlined as a solo Donnie Moorhouse best known for his “roasting artist at clubs throughout the LiveWire sessions” videos on Instagram region. If he had not seemingly and Vine. arrived fully-formed on Foxwoods had instituted a 184,000 total streams on the scene, “Lonely” would list of guidelines for a handful Spotify. appear to represent tremenof shows that included: dous growth for Alex as both Follow the artist through his • Seats positioned 6 feet a songwriter and recording site at alex2e.com. apart and the front row of artist. seats set 15 feet from the Liner notes “I’m very excited about performers. this song and feel it could be • SpiritHouse, the Western • Mask worn at all times. my best work yet,” he said. Massachusetts recording • You must sit in your “The song is also about being studio run by Paul McNamara assigned seats that you purchased. content with being alone. Not and Danny Bernini, is launch• No food or beverage of my intention when I original- ing a new label. In 2020, Alex2e surpassed 30,000 total listeners and 184,000 ly wrote it, but this year was AsideBside Records will any kind is permitted inside total streams on Spotify. The Western Massachusetts recordextremely hard for so many focus on producing singles ing artist is releasing a new single, “Lonely,” tomorrow through the Theater people. As someone who was and promoting the work The next scheduled perSpotify, Apple Music, and other major streaming sites. formance at Foxwoods is the always on the move and never through artist’s social media (CARLY RAE PHOTO) “East Coast Takeover Tour” home, it was a huge change platforms. featuring L’il Kim on March for me being home all the “We will release a new sin13. time. I’m sure it was for other gle every Saturday,” said Bernini. “Our goal is to get one or people as well.” Recorded at Ghost Hit two months going and then • Rock band Kings of Leon Recording in Holyoke and will deliver a new album in release a compilation. We are produced by Sean Croteau, 2021, its first in five years. also looking at releasing a “Lonely” fits best in the alt“When You See Yourself ” is compilation on vinyl every six ALEX2E (A.K.A. ALEX TUOHEY) pop category. due out on March 5. months.” Unable to tour during the The band has already The releasing of singles, pandemic, Tuohey continued as opposed to full-length offered a sneak preview with Songs will be promoted players to complete the recording. to work on ways to spread his recordings, falls into both the singles “The Bandit,” and through each artist’s social “In the process of making music. “100,000 People.” the strengths of SpiritHouse media platforms. “I didn’t want to take this hundreds of records over The recording is eligible for and the current restrictions “Our goal is to have these past year as a missed opporthe past 25 years we’ve been preorder through the band’s caused by COVID-19. artists shine a light on each tunity,” he said. “I tried to use fortunate to have developed “Working with solo artists other,” Bernini said. “It is sort website at kingsofleon.com. it to get better at everything – has always been a strength of a family of the most talented Kings of Leon formed in of a music club/collective.” from a technical music stand- ours,” Bernini said. “And with studio session players on the The weekly series of releas- Nashville in 1999 and has won point to navigating licensing es began on Jan. 9 with Chris four Grammy Awards in the East Coast,” Bernini said. COVID-19, you can’t really and playlist placement oppor- have more than one person in “One of our main strengths as Jennings of local band Sun rock category including best tunities, I’ve tried to grow my the studio at a time.” Parade. rock song in 2010 for “Use producers are knowing who Artists can submit singles music in every way possible.” Somebody.” is right for each project and Artists will come in and In 2020, Alex2e surpassed putting those pieces together to SpiritHouse via email at record a track and the studio SEE LIVEWIRE, PAGE E12 30,000 total listeners and db.spirithouse@gmail.com. will use its network of session like a puzzle.”
“I’m very excited about this song and feel it could be my best work yet.”
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‘Sylvie’s Love’ leads new releases By Michael O’Sullivan
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Out on Digital HD “Batman: Soul of the Dragon”: Animated film follows Batman on a mission to find a missing martial arts teacher. Look for it on DVD and Blu-ray Jan. 26. “Horizon Line”: Exes (Alexander Dreymon and Allison Williams) on a flight to a destination wedding fight to survive after their pilot dies of a heart attack. Out on DVD and Blu-ray Feb. 16. “Jonathan Scott’s Power Trip”: Documentary explores the inequality of solar energy availability throughout the U.S. “Synchronic”: Paramedics Steve and Dennis (Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan) make a horrifying discovery about a psychedelic drug following a series of crime scenes and the disappearance of Dennis’ daughter. Available on DVD and Blu-ray Jan. 26. “Don’t Tell a Soul”: While chasing teenage brothers (Jack Dylan Grazer and Fionn Whitehead) who have stolen thousands of dollars, a security guard (Rainn Wilson) falls into a well. Out tomorrow.
Tessa Thompson, left, and Nnamdi Asomugha in “Sylvie’s Love.” (NICOLA GOODE / AMAZON STUDIOS)
Also streaming Ai Wei Wei is the subject of the documentary “Ai Wei Wei: Yours Truly,” which looks at the Chinese artist and activist as he creates “Large,” a site-specific art exhibition that debuted on Alcatraz Island in 2014. He is also the director two new documentaries: “CoroNation,” which documents the coronavirus pandemic in Wuhan, China; and “Cockroach,” which examines the pro-democracy demonstrations waged by Hong Kong activists against mainland China last year. Unrated. “Ai Wei Wei: Yours Truly” (76 minutes, in English, Mandarin and Arabic with subtitles) is
available on Amazon Prime; “CoroNation” (115 minutes, in Mandarin with subtitles) and “Cockroach” (93 minutes, in English and Cantonese with subtitles) are available on Alamo on Demand and Vimeo on Demand. Actress Audrey Hepburn is the subject of “Audrey,” a documentary that the Hollywood Reporter says is no catty tell-all, but rather a “fundamentally well-curated packaging of archive and original material, punctuated with insightful interviews with friends, family members and appreciative collaborators and admirers.” TV-MA. SEE STREAM, PAGE E8
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regular guy (Jason Sedillo) to take down an evil nemesis. “Beyond Hell”: A woman (Kearsten Johansson) experiences a new level of hell after trying out a drug and becoming possessed by a murderous demon. “Legacies: The Complete Second Season”: The CW fantasy series returns after Hope (Danielle Rose Russell) has given up everything to save the world. “Lupin III: The First”: Animated film follows the familiar manga character as he embarks upon a journey to decipher the Bresson Diary. In Japanese. “Manifest: The Complete Second Season”: Hit NBC drama continues with the mysteries of Flight 828 and its transported-to-the-future passengers. “Monsoon”: A man (Henry Golding) returns to Vietnam decades after fleeing during wartime. In English and Vietnamese. “Skylines”: A captain (Lindsey Morgan) and her crew race to save the human race after a virus pits people against aliens. “Spell”: After a mysterious plane crash, a pilot (Omari Hardwick) must escape from an attic of a sinister woman (Loretta Devine). “The Twilight Zone:
Season Two”: The Jordan Peele-hosted reboot of the classic anthology series returns with guest stars Jimmi Simpson, Kristin Lehman, Jurnee Smollett, Joel McHale, Tony Hale, Damon Wayans Jr., George Takei, Gillian Jacobs and many more.
Set in the late 1950s and early 1960s, “Sylvie’s Love” is the sort of classic Sirkian melodrama that Douglas Sirk — let alone Hollywood — never made, because its characters were all too often invisible. Centering on the swoony, on-again, off-again romance between Robert (Nnamdi Asomugha), an upand-coming sax player, and Sylvie (Tessa Thompson), the young woman he meets when he takes a job in her father’s Harlem record store, the film leverages a color-saturated production design, evocative pop and jazz tunes and a vivid script — one character jokes that his shoes are so worn out that when he steps on a sandwich he can feel the mayonnaise — to tell a story that is lush, transporting and real-feeling, despite conforming to the laws of romantic movies. (There will be indiscretions, secrets, not to mention unrequited longing.) But it’s not the formula to which writer-director Eugene Ashe hews that makes the movie work. Rather, it’s that he uses convention to interrogate the genre of the period romance itself, simultaneously indulging in its most pleasurable contours while interrogating the casual sexism and implicit racism of the form. Thompson is at the top of her game, sensual and emotionally present, while Asomugha, who also produced, comes across as more reserved: a man whose feelings are expressed in his music, not his words. It’s Sylvie who is given the film’s best lines, as when she explains to Robert why she doesn’t want to give up a great job to follow him to Motown: “I can’t be the woman of your dreams while also trying to be the woman of my own.” PG-13. Available on Amazon Prime. Contains some sexuality and smoking. 117 minutes.
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Shows to help you stick with resolutions
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“Bill Nye Saves the World”: Everyone’s favorite Science Guy is back, this time bringing experts and famous guests to his lab to explore scientific issues that impact us, including climate change, overpopulation and water scarcity. Watch three seasons on Netflix.
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ith the start of a new year, many people have set resolutions they hope to accomplish by 2021’s end. Many might find it difficult to incorporate changes into their lifestyles, but these shows, channels and series can provide the perfect motivation to stick to a few common New Year’s resolutions. Get fit Whether you’re looking to tone up, drop a few pounds or maintain your weight, these shows are sure to provide the inspiration you need. “The Biggest Loser”: In this reality competition, contestants struggling with their weight work with fitness experts to help shed the pounds and pursue a healthier lifestyle. Along the way, they face physical, mental and emotional challenges with the ultimate goal of winning $100,000. It lasted for 17 seasons on NBC before moving to USA Network for the 18th season. Purchase previous seasons on Amazon Prime Video or YouTube, or watch the latest season at usanetwork.com/thebiggest-loser. “From Fit to Fat to Fit”: Personal trainers team up with overweight clients, but before the weight loss begins, these fitness experts pack on the pounds so they can lose weight with their clients. Watch season one at aetv. com or purchase two seasons on Amazon Prime Video or YouTube. Eat healthier This resolution goes hand in hand with the previous one. Here are a few things to watch to assist in keeping your eating habits healthy. “Healthy Appetite with Ellie Krieger”: Nutritionist and author Ellie Krieger shares fast, simple and healthy recipes in addition to advice for dealing with life’s
temptations in the office, at restaurants and during vacation. Watch five seasons at foodnetwork.com. “Clean & Delicious”: Holistic health, wellness and weight-loss coach Dani Spies posts new videos every Friday to her YouTube channel that offer nutritious recipes, weight loss advice and more. Watch her videos at youtube. com/c/danispies. “Mind Over Munch”: Alyssia Sheikh teaches viewers how to make informed decisions about what “diet” is best for their lifestyles with recipes, tips, tutorials and more. Watch her videos at youtube.com/c/MindOver Munch. Tackle home projects Home projects and organization on your list? Look no further than these shows. “Get Organized with The
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Home Edit”: Professional organizers Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin, who founded organizing company The Home Edit, tame messes across the U.S. in this Netflix series. Each episode features an organization project with an everyday individual or family as well as a celebrity, including Reese Witherspoon, Khloe Kardashian, Retta and Neil Patrick Harris. Warning: This show may start a Container Store obsession. Watch it on Netflix.
Gordon Ramsay and Moroccan chef Najat Kaanache, right, celebrate with locals during a feast for the Berber New Year in “Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted.” (MARK JOHNSON / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC)
Travel The coronavirus pandemic has altered many travel plans, but it’s still possible to explore the world from the comfort of home. Whether you’re dreaming of your next trip or ready to get up and go now, check out these shows for inspiration. “Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted”: Chef Gordon Ramsay travels the globe (including Peru, Hawaii and New Zealand) in search of culinary inspiration. Watch two seasons on Disney+. “The Amazing Race”: Teams in pairs race around the world in hopes of winning the grand prize. Find 29 seasons of “The Amazing Race” on Hulu. “Samantha Brown’s Places to Love”: TV host Samantha Brown seeks little-known spots and the innovators creating new travel experiences. Watch three seasons at pbs.org/ show/samantha- brownsplaces-love.
“Property Brothers”: Jonathan and Drew Scott transform fixer-upper houses into dream homes tailored for each client. Watch episodes at watch.hgtv.com/ tv-shows/property-broth ers or catch seasons 8-13 on Hulu. “Fixer Upper”: For simple, clean, farmhouse-style design inspiration, turn to Chip and Joanna Gaines for advice. Watch five seasons of “Fixer Upper” on Hulu or stay tuned for new episodes coming Make money moves soon to Magnolia Network. Since you probably are not Help the environment traveling as much, this one Netflix has two shows that goal might be easier to accomplish. If you are looking can help those with the selfless goal of nurturing Mother to make money moves in Earth. 2021, these shows can offer “Down to Earth with Zac key insight. Efron”: Actor Zac Efron em“The Financial Diet”: barks on worldwide travels This YouTube channel discusses personal finance and with wellness expert Darin living better with easy tips. Olien as they seek healthy, Watch it at youtube.com/c/ sustainable ways of living. Some highlights: The pair vis- thefinancialdiet. its an eco-village with a small “The Profit”: Camping environmental footprint in World CEO Marcus Lemonis Costa Rica, explores renewoffers struggling businesses able energy efforts in Iceland cash and advice in exchange and learns more about potato for a percentage of the profits cryopreservation in Peru. in this reality series. Watch it Watch it on Netflix. on Peacock and Hulu Live TV.
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‘All Creatures Great and Small’ soothes souls
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series. And not just Helen. “It was a bit young like a treasure veterinary hunt,” Vanstone said. “The surgeon books were full begins to of clues to who practice in these people are.” The lead the remote Yorkshire director is Brian Dales in 1937, treating Percival, winner of an Emmy for “Downton abscesses in horses’ Abbey.” hooves and milk fever The series opens in 1937, as in cows and prescribJames, a recent graduate of Glasgow Veterinary College, ing diets for overfed resists pressure from his lap dogs. mother to find manual work It hardly sounds like the and seizes upon the opportustuff of bestsellerdom. But nity to interview for a job in James Herriot’s first book, “All Darrowby, a fictional village Creatures Great and Small” in Yorkshire. After a trial by (first published in Britain in fire (a kicking horse and a 1970 under the title “If Only home-brew situation), James Rachel Shenton and Nicholas Ralph, right, in a scene from “All Creatures Great and Small” on They Could Talk”), and the is hired by the irascible but “Masterpiece.” Inset, Ralph plays a young veterinarian in 1930s Yorkshire in the seven-part seven books that followed kindly veterinarian Siegfried became enormous hits world- series based on James Herriot’s books. (ED MILLER / PLAYGROUND TELEVISION AND PBS VIA AP) Farnon (Samuel West) and wide, selling over 60 million settles down to Yorkshire life copies by the time the author “I felt that living in such difin a house run by Mrs. Hall ficult and complicated times, and shared with Siegfried’s – whose real name was James “There is something about the show’s focus there would be an audience Alfred Wight – died in 1995. irrepressible young brother, on community, heart and family that seems They also generated two Tristan (Callum Woodhouse), that wanted a show that was to have been particularly resonant at a time movies and a hit television a veterinary student. gentle and entertaining and series that ran from 1978-80, “I definitely had slight would bring us together.” when we have all gone through something and returned for another four nerves about filling the WelAnd that, he added ruefully, globally difficult.” lington boots of Christopher seasons between 1988 and “was before COVID.” Rachel Shenton Thomas, who played James in 1990. Callender met Wight’s Still, when Channel 5, in the ’70s series, because that children, Jim Wight and partnership with Masterpiece had such a massive fan base,” Rosemary Page, to discuss on PBS, announced a remake farmers and livestock in need said Ralph, a real-life Scot the idea. “I think they were “It has the warmth people of the series in 2019, it didn’t of friendly ministrations. are looking for during a really skeptical at the beginning, or who graduated from acting “It’s an old axiom that at a inspire much excitement. But at least cautious about how it school in 2017. The books, he challenging time,” Susanne said, were his principal source once again, the story demon- time of great uncertainty peo- Simpson, the executive prowould be brought back,” he strated, as Anatole Broyard ple seek certainties,” James ducer of “Masterpiece,” said. said. for his character. put it in his 1972 New York Jackson wrote in The Lon“It gets at emotional truths “They show James’ intelThey stipulated that the sedon Times. “Channel 5 has ries should accurately portray ligence and dedication, his Times review of the novel, that are comforting for us.” “what a satisfying thing ordi- recently, by luck or by design, The idea to revisit Herriot’s veterinary practice and farm- compassion for the animals,” nary life can be.” offered solace by being a kind gentle agrarian tales was actu- ing life in the period covered he said. “He’s on the back Despite featuring mostly of safe space for older, decent ally born of a healing impulse, by the books, and be filmed in foot quite a lot, too, with the little-known actors (including values – a halcyon vision albeit in response to an earlier Yorkshire. But they agreed to eccentric boss and the farm Nicholas Ralph as James Her- of Yorkshire.” Helen Lewis, national crisis. Colin Callenthe idea of exploring the char- animals he has no experience riot) and large animals, the der, whose Playground Enter- acters in more psychological in The Sunday Times, put it of.” new series was an immediate more succinctly: “Apparently, tainment produced the series, depth, particularly the women The role of James is less hit when it debuted in Britain the best cure for COVID blues first thought about a remake – the housekeeper, Mrs. Hall showy than that of the of “All Creatures” after the in September. It drew over 5 (Anna Madeley), and James’ is watching a man contend charismatic Tristan or the Brexit vote in 2016, he said. million viewers for each of love interest, Helen Alderson eccentric Siegfried, a part with an abscessed hoof.” “The divide in views beits six episodes and became (Rachel Shenton) – who had Now “All Creatures,” which that West said he embraced tween the rural and metropol- minor roles in the original with alacrity, “because I don’t Channel 5’s highest-rated premiered Sunday on PBS’ itan areas was really striking, series. get to be funny very often.” show since 2016, charming “Masterpiece,” arrives in an and I was reminded of ‘All West (who along with Diana a nation that after months of There were lots of hints in America in need of its own Creatures,’ because the books the books about the type of Rigg and Matthew Lewis, in COVID confinement and rerelief, amid a still-surging strictions was clearly ready for pandemic and wrenching really bridged that divide and woman that Helen was, said smaller roles, is one of the SEE ‘CREATURES’, PAGE E8 a dose of rolling hills, taciturn political upheaval. appealed so broadly,” he said. Ben Vanstone, who wrote the New York Times
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bigger-name cast members) is the son of British actors Timothy West and Prunella Scales, and remembered watching the original series with his parents. “They were a bit cross they weren’t in it, because every other British actor was,” he said. He had admired both Anthony Hopkins (in the first film) and Robert Hardy (in the television series) in the role of Siegfried, he said. “The Robert Hardy fan club put out a tweet saying no one would ever be as good, but they were
pleased I was going to have a go, which was lovely.” “It’s like Hamlet or Doctor Who,” he added. “You give it a shot until someone else does.” All the principal actors went to “vet boot camp,” as Ralph put it. “We got up close and personal to horses, cows, sheep, everything, and went through some of the processes, like looking for abscesses. It was intimidating, but you want every detail right; how a vet would touch the animal, wash his hands, or wear his spectacles around his neck.” They all learned a lot about farming, said Shenton, whose character runs a dairy farm with her father. “Times were very tough in that era, and
people didn’t have hundreds of animals,” she said. “If one is ill, it can have a huge effect.” The original series, a review in The Telegraph noted, “became synonymous with vets’ rolling up their sleeves and rummaging around in the rear ends of startled-looking cattle.” (The James Herriot Museum in Thirsk, the writer noted, has an interactive installation allowing visitors to “put their hand up a cow’s backside.”) But recently implemented rules about using animals on film meant the actors were spared those experiences, and worked with a mixture of live animals and prosthetics.
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“You have to work with animals that are good at pretending,” West said. “It’s quite amazing.” Vanstone said that while the first season leans primarily on Herriot’s first book, a recently commissioned second season will use a mix of the first two in order to broaden both the character perspectives and the kinds of veterinary action on display. The novels include many stories about cows, he said. “I tried to cast a wider net.” The popularity of the series across age groups (Channel 5 reported a large share of the 16-34 demographic) and audiences suggests that the show hit a sweet spot for family
comfort viewing at a moment of national adversity. “There is something about the show’s focus on community, heart and family that seems to have been particularly resonant at a time when we have all gone through something globally difficult,” Shenton said. And then there’s the aspect that has less to do with community or creatures than with more transportive pandemic pleasures: the show’s ravishing Yorkshire hillsides and time-capsule-pretty villages. “None of us have been able to move about much this past year,” Shenton said. “But we’ve spent some time in beautiful Darrowby.”
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Available on various platforms. 90 minutes. Latvia’s official Oscar submission, “Blizzard of Souls” is a World War I-set drama, as seen through the eyes of a farm-boy-turned-soldier. Slant magazine calls the film “stylistically old-fashioned but emotionally powerful.” Unrated. Available afisilver. afi.com. In Latvian with subtitles. 104 minutes. Set in the summer of 1990 “Boys vs. Girls” is a Canadian comedy about a 70-year-old summer camp undergoing growing pains in an attempt to go coed. Colin Mochrie (“Whose Line Is It Anyway?”) plays the harried camp director, and Kevin McDonald (“The Kids in the Hall”) is the mischievous caretaker. Unrated. Available on various streaming platforms. 80 minutes. After the death of her Algerian immigrant grandfather, a French woman named Neige – played by actress, co-writer and director Maïwenn, who based the screenplay on her own life – becomes obsessed with reclaiming her ethnicity in the drama “DNA.” Despite the film’s struggle to engage its audience, the New York
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Better Meat” explores whether there’s a happy medium in the often contentious discourse about meat-eating (or, more specifically, beef-eating). According to Film Threat, the The documentary “The film “finds the middle ground Reason I Jump” examines the of the great meat debate by experiences of nonspeaking showing the mistakes and autistic people from around misinformation from the the world. Based on the 2016 corporate agriculture complex book by the same title, the film and the rhetoric from miliIn 1983, vocalist Sam Harris tant vegan camps.” Unrated. is, according to Variety, “as took the grand prize on the Available on various streaming emotionally piercing as it is reality show “Star Search.” beautiful to behold.” Unrated. platforms. 80 minutes. Documenting Harris’s autobi- Available at virtualavalon. ographical 2015 off-Broadway org and afisilver.afi.com. In Chloë Grace Moretz plays show (based on his memoir English and Krio with subtitles. Capt. Maude Garrett in “Shadow in the Cloud,” a World “Ham: Slices of a Life”), the 82 minutes. War II-set thriller about the film “Ham: A Musical Memoir” crew of a B-17 bomber with a tells what happened to Harris Narrated by Nick Offerman after that television compe(“Parks and Recreation”), the top-secret package. The New tition. If you’re not a fan of York Times calls it “the kind documentary “Sacred Cow: musicals, Film Threat says: skip The Nutritional, Environof girl-power action adventure mental and Ethical Case for it. But if you if you love everyin which women can’t just do Times writes that “there’s a dreamy contentment to the movie’s final moments as (Neige) wanders, bathed in golden light and Stephen Warbeck’s lovely score, a woman who has found something she hadn’t known was lost.” TV-MA. Available on Netflix. In French with subtitles. 91 minutes.
thing Broadway, “You’ll have a great time with Harris and his fun, light and poignant story.” Unrated. Available at broadwayhd.com. 113 minutes.
anything, they do everything – including fighting sexist boors, enemy fire and a gremlin all at once from the underside of a bomber.” R. Available at virtualavalon.org, afisilver.afi. com and themiracletheatre. com. Contains strong language throughout, sexual references and violence. 83 minutes. In the romantic dramedy “Stars Fell on Alabama,” a Hollywood agent (James Maslow) convinces his starlet client (Ciara Hanna) to pretend to be his girlfriend for the duration of his high school reunion. The film features original music by “American Idol” winner Taylor Hicks. PG-13. Available on various streaming platforms. Contains some suggestive material. 87 minutes.
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VER THE LAST 10 months the Lamothe family, which operates the Steaming Tender Restaurant in Palmer, have faced their share of frustrations. Like small-business owners of all types, they’ve found themselves struggling to comply with necessary public health restrictions while at the same time trying to keep their restaurant operation a viable enterprise.
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• Hope & Olive in Greenfield offers an interesting (and The Steaming Tender Restaurant is at 28 Depot St. in Palmer. Owners of the restaurant are seek- extensive) Sunday brunch ing assistance during the pandemic through the Barstool Fund. (DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO) menu weekly from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. conjunction with the 30-Day The Fried Chicken Pack, versions. Current choices include Fund, a social media-based which is available for dine The “Crispy Chicken” option Korean fried chicken and charitable effort created in or take out, includes eight will be garnished with crinwaffles; a Polish breakfast of last year by Pete and Burson pieces of fried chicken paired kle-cut pickles; the “Spicy SEE MENU, PAGE E10 Snyder. Pete Snyder is a well- with mashed potatoes, mac known venture capitalist and & cheese, and coleslaw. The CEO of Disruptor Capital. package, which is available The Steaming Tender video between 4 and 6 p.m. each that the Lamothe sisters put Wednesday, also includes hot together can be seen at youtu. honey, buttermilk biscuits, be/0Hhtaa96doM. and honey butter. Orders can be placed at Side dishes maxburgerbar.com/ • Reacting to changes in longmeadow or by calling consumer behavior, a Texas 413-798-0101. franchisee of Applebee’s Grill + Bar, is modifying a Texarkana, Texas, location ACROSS FROM THE BEACH - to incorporate a drive-thru THE VILLAGE GREEN. Rates from window at which customers $60 - $85 to 5/30/21 (excluding holidays, can pick up their orders. Corporate officials at some restrictions apply). 3 Night Special Applebee’s plan to assess off season starting from $145 all week. the success of the pick-up Ocean views and efficiencies available. facility, which is designed McDonald’s “Spicy Chicken” to accommodate those who sandwich features a hot pepFREE continental breakfast in season. order in advance by phone or per sauce and will be among All rooms have refrigerators and cable TV. on digital platforms. Located three new chicken sandwichnear the restaurant’s kitchen Heated outdoor pool. Take children to the es to debut Feb. 24. (MCDONALD’S) space, the pickup window is beachside playground. Close to several • Chicken sandwiches have also anticipated to enhance golf courses, tennis courts, whale watch been increasingly in popuoperational efficiency. larity over several years, and A number of major restaucruises, ferries to Nantucket and Martha’s rant brands such as Burger fast food giant McDonald’s Vineyard, restaurants, shops, bike trails and King and Chipotle have Corp. is reacting to that surge many more of the Cape’s unique attractions. announced plans to reconin interest by introducing figure store layouts in order three new chicken sandwich 10% Senior Discount. South accommodate increases in variations. Shore Drive, South Yarmouth, MA 02664. off-premise sales and digital McDonald’s has been testing 1-800-487-4903. www.vgreenmotel.com. platform ordering. reformulated chicken sandwich products for more than a year. The new sandwich, • Max Burger in Longmeadow has been promoting which is scheduled for a Feb. a Fried Chicken Family Pack 24 release, will be available on Wednesdays. in crispy, spicy, and deluxe
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On Jan. 5, sisters Linea and Scarlett Lamothe posted a YouTube video describing the challenges they and the rest of the Lamothe family have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. The video was intended as Steaming Tender’s “application” to the Barstool Fund, a fundraising effort promoted as helping small businesses cope with their current financial distress. Narrated by the two sisters, the video tours the restaurant, describes some of the impacts of the pandemic on Steaming Tender’s operation, and features an interview with their mother, Robin Lamothe, who coordinates the restaurant’s day-to-day operations. The Barstool Fund was organized by Dave Portnoy, the CEO of Barstool Sports. Portnoy operates Barstool Sports (barstoolsports.com), a web portal that hosts an array of blogs, video streams, and internet radio content. The Barstool Fund, which reportedly has raised over $20 million to date, makes “forgivable loans” to small businesses. It operates in
Chicken” alternative will also get a hot pepper sauce. Shredded lettuce, tomatoes, and mayonnaise will top off McDonald’s Deluxe Chicken Sandwich creation. Industry analysts suggest that McDonald’s chicken sandwich initiative is a marketing response to the popularity of Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A, a quick service chicken sandwich specialist.
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scrambled eggs, pierogi, kielbasa, kraut; and an omelette filled with butternut squash, apple, onions, bacon, and blue cheese. Hope & Olive is also preparing an Hawaiian specialty, moco loco, as well as salmon and eggs finished with aioli. Luncheon style dishes on the brunch menu range from a ham-and-brussels hash to a Hope & Olive in Greenfield offers an extensive Sunday Yucatan black bean stew. brunch menu weekly from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Brunch menu Brunch menu items are items are also available as to-go options. (DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLIavailable as to-go options. CAN FILE PHOTO) Hope & Olive answers at 413-774-3150; online orders • In late December sandof website UseYourGiftCard. wich chain Subway added are taken at toasttab.com/ com, is promoting Saturday as hope-olive/v3. “protein bowls” to its perma- National Use Your Gift Card nent menu. Day. • Earlier this month, OakCurrently available at select Tilson has signed up several land, California-based Imlocations, the new protein restaurant chains (as well possible Foods announced bowls are based on ingredias a few major retailers) as a cut in the wholesale prices ents already part of Subway’s co-sponsors of the effort. for its plant-based burger and menu. This year the event is partsausage alternatives. Each of the 11 bowl options nering with giftcardbank. Coming on the heels of a org, a web-based organization are based on various “footsimilar price reduction back in long” Subway sandwiches, that accepts donations of unwanted gift cards or leftover 2020, Impossible’s products with the bowl built from gift card balances. Those are now becoming competithe same protein, cheese, tive with ground beef, with the veggies, and sauce included donations are subsequentwholesale price of Impossiin a “foot-long.” Patrons can ly distributed to deserving ble’s product less than a dollar customize their bowls and a recipients. more than that of hamburger. short-term “double protein” Businesses with local outlets The price cuts are a result that are participating in Nadeal is also available. of operational efficiencies tional Use Your Gift Card day The suggested price of the as Impossible has scaled up include Applebee’s Neighnew protein bowls starts at borhood Grill + Bar and Chiproduction; Impossible Foods $6.99. potle Mexican Grill; retailers has increased its production Macy’s and PetSmart are capacity six-fold since 2019. • Local Burger in The price reductions are also Northampton has introduced also promoting the event. believed to represent an effort two “grab-and-go” meal to encourage customer trials options. • Hanna Devine’s Restaurant & Bar in Ware is offering of the product. The Chicken Parmesan full breakfast and lunch every meal is based on a breaded • In conjunction with the Saturday and Sunday from 8 chicken cutlet that’s topped Delany House in Holyoke, a.m. to 2 p.m. with marinara sauce and the D. Hotel Suites & Spa is The menu includes lots mozzarella. A side of “cheesy” promoting a Saturday evening marinara pasta is included. of breakfast favorites, and stay-and-dine special for delivery in the Ware area is A Burger Parmesan meal couples. available starting at 8:30 a.m. showcases an Angus burger In addition to hotel acboth days. that’s sauced with marinara commodations, the package Orders may be places online and finished mozzarella. includes chocolate covered at hannadevines.com or by Cheesy marinara is also part strawberries, complimentary of the burger offering. calling 413-277-0707. sparkling wine, and Sunday A family-owned operation brunch for two at the Delaney that specializes in burgers, Hugh Robert is a faculty House. An optional spa exmember in Holyoke Commufries, shakes, and more, perience can be added for an Local Burger has a website at nity College’s hospitality and additional charge. localnorthampton.com; its culinary arts program and has The D. Hotel Suites & Spa telephone number is 413-586- nearly 45 years of restaurant answers at 413-533-2100; its and educational experience. 5857. web address is stayatthed. Robert can be reached online at com. • Tracy Tilson, the founder OffTheMenuGuy@aol.com.
New law, pale ales and a drinking duck
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’M ALWAYS HAPPY TO see craft beer get attention from less obvious corners and a recent item from the State House News Service did just that. While the publication centers around the activities of state government, a recent bill involving brewers and beer distributors made some headlines. The bill sought to sort out a beef between the two parties about whether craft brewers should be indefinitely tied to a distributor. Currently, brewers are bound to a distributor once they do business with each other for six months. Getting out of the arrangement was basically impossible under current regulations. Many brewers were unhappy with this deal and lobbied to change it. While it seemed as if a deal had been brokered and that craft breweries would be able cut ties with distributors if they didn’t like the way they were being promoted, there was a holdup in the House chamber. But in the early hours last Wednesday, the legislature passed the bill. The bill states that brewers who produce less than 250,000 barrels a year can now sever their contracts with their distributors if they are unhappy with how they are marketed. The brewers will have to pay fair market value and buy back the wholesaler’s inventory and promotional materials. Now it goes to Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk and beer makers are optimistic about it being signed.
Beer notes • A duck walked into a bar and drank a pint of beer and got in a fight with a dog ... No, I’m not starting a joke here. This actually happened in the U.K. recently. A duck named Star, owned by a pub regular named Barrie
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The bill sought to sort out a beef between the two parties about whether craft brewers should be indefinitely tied to a distributor. Hayman, often comes in wearing a bow tie and joins his owner in drinking a pint. But recently Star got on the wrong side of Hayman’s dog, Meggie, who then started a fight. “Star pushed his luck too far and Meggie snapped, splitting Star’s bottom beak right down the middle,” Hayman said, according to the Cheddar Valley Gazette. Hayman said Star had to be rushed to the vets and go under general anaesthetic, but seems to be on the mend. “Thankfully our Star is a tough cookie and it looks like he came out OK,” Hayman told the newspaper. • Last but not least, I recently had the pleasure of drinking a pale ale brewed by my pal Rikk Desgres, a talented home brewer. He dropped by a few samples and it prompted a brief discussion about the style. Coincidentally, I had been thinking about how in these days of super-juiced up IPAs, the simple good old pale ale gets forgotten. Rikk’s beer was a great example of a hoppy yet balanced beer that reminded me of the 1990s.
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In praise of the poetry & joy of wine
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RITING ABOUT wine can be complicated for many different reasons. Choosing the right word to describe how wonderful (or unique) a wine tastes or smells or all the other ways wine can stimulate our senses can sometimes be very difficult. But writing about wine can be challenging for many other reasons as well. I personally don’t want to add to what I like to think of as “recommendation fatigue.” We’re constantly inundated with unsolicited advice about almost everything in our lives, from websites telling us what book or shampoo to buy based on our recent purchase history to television streaming services automatically playing another program before the credits have even finished rolling on the movie or TV show we just watched. There’s also a whole segment of wine collectors (as opposed to people who actually drink wine) who could care less about what someone has a say about a particular wine. Instead, they chase after certain highly-prized wines based solely on a wine’s numeric score so they can add the wine to their cellar and display it like a set of antlers on the wall. And while I appreciate learning about all the technical aspects that go into making a great wine, such technical details about the fermentation or aging process or the precise percentage of different grapes used to make a wine can sometimes dominate many conversations about wine. But what about the poetry of wine? What about the joy wine brings to people’s lives? And no, I’m talking about the effect of drinking too much wine. I fully realize that many people have a difficult relationship with alcohol.
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Two wonderful wines from Legende, which are produced by Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite). (KEN ROSS PHOTO)
Many wonderful friends have not touched a drop of alcohol for years. Other friends, especially in the past year, have told me they have decided to cut back on how much wine they drink.
We talked the pure joy and enjoyment of wine, about the difference between absentmindedly drinking a wine and really tasting it, really savoring each drop and concentrating on what a
er – Legende, a collection of wines from Lafite by Domaines Barons de Rothschild in France’s Bordeaux region. The 2015 Legende Pauillac ($55 suggested retail price) was more austere, more re-
The second wine, the 2016 Legende Saint-Emilion ($40 SRP), was more playful, bright and alive. Made with a blend of 95 % merlot and 5% cabernet franc, the elegant simplicity of this wine made me think of more romantic, straightforward poems like “My Heart Leaps Up” by William Wordsworth, a poem of pure joy that begins simply, “My heart leaps up when I behold/ a rainbow in the sky.” I’m sure some of you are rolling your eyes right now as you read this week’s column. I realize that poetry or wine (or writing about it) can seem frivolous to some people, especially with everything happening all around us. But that’s precisely why I think wine or poetry or anything else that brings a
If you pay attention, I truly believe a wine can speak to us about so many different things – the land where the wine comes from, the particular year the grapes were grown, even the winemaker’s personality. All of these things often shine through in great wines and express the poetry inside each bottle. This month is also a common time each year for people to stop or cut back on how much alcohol they drink. So believe me. I get it. I understand and respect each person’s individual approach towards wine. But I do believe the poetry and beauty of wine can sometimes get lost amid all the other conversations about wine. I was reminded of this during a recent conversation with a fellow wine writer.
specific wine has to say. If you pay attention, I truly believe a wine can speak to us about so many different things – the land where the wine comes from, the particular year the grapes were grown, even the winemaker’s personality. All of these things often shine through in great wines and express the poetry inside each bottle. I was reminded of this recently as well while drinking two, wonderful red wines from the same wine produc-
served and made me think of subtle yet intense poems like “He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven” by William Butler Yeats. This subtle, blended red wine (70% cabernet sauvignon, 30% merlot) also brought to mind other, understated poems like Seamus Heaney’s “The Underground” with its vidid imagery (“As the coat flapped wild and button after button/ Sprang off and fell in a trail”) that lingers in my memory many years after I first stumbled upon this poem.
few wonderful moments of pure joy to our lives is more important than ever. So next time you open a bottle of wine – whenever that may be – I truly hope that wine brings pleasure and poetry to that precise moment during your day. Cheers! Wine Press by Ken Ross appears on Masslive.com every Monday and in The Republican’s weekend section every Thursday.
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• The Black Crowes will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its debut release “Shake Your Money Maker” with a re-issue package that will feature a bevy of add-ons for fans. The release, due out on Feb. 26, will include demos, unreleased songs, and a concert video from the group’s hometown of Atlanta. “Shake Your Money Maker,” was quite a debut for the rock band with hit songs such as “Hard to Handle,” “Jealous Again,” and “Twice as Hard.” The album went on to sell over five million copies. The Black Crowes reunited in 2019 with plans to tour for the anniversary celebration before pandemic concerns forced a postponement. The group is scheduled to play the Xfinity Center in Mansfield on July 20 and the Xfinity Theatre in Hartford on July 25.
The 63rd annual Grammy Award celebration has been postponed. Beyonce leads the way this year with nine nominations. (ROBIN HARPER | PARKWOOD ENTERTAINMENT)
live audience. The show was to be hosted by Trevor Noah. Beyonce led the way this year with nine nominations. • Cheryl Wheeler’s weekend dates at the Iron Horse Music Hall have been postponed. The folk artist was scheduled to appear this month at the Northampton venue, but the dates have been moved to Jan. 14-15, 2022. Tickets purchased for the original dates will be honored. Wheeler is perhaps best known for her song “If It Were Up To Me,” an anti-gun statement that gained nationwide attention after the Columbine High School shootings in 1999. Her songs have been covered by artists such as Garth Brooks, Kenny Loggins, and Bette Midler.
• The 63rd annual Grammy Award celebration has been postponed. The event, which was scheduled for Jan. 31, was moved off the calendar due to the continued spread of COVID-19. Organizers are looking to a potential March date for the event. The annual celebration of the music industry had already committed to a COVIDready presentation with limited performances and no
• English metal band Cradle of Filth has announced a livestream concert. The band will perform virtually on Feb. 20 at 10 p.m. Tickets for the show are available through the band’s website, cradleoffilth.com. The show will be available for replays through March 6. Cradle of Filth formed in the U.K. in 1991. The extreme metal band is best known to North American fans for two tours with Ozzfest.
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• Nicki Minaj will be sorry she sampled a Tracy Chapman song to the tune of $450,000. Minaj has agreed to pay Chapman for using a piece of her single “Baby Can I Hold You,” on her song “Sorry.” The song was not part of Minaj’s 2018 album “Queen” but was “leaked” and, according to the lawsuit, was picked up by a deejay and played on the radio in New York City and shared on social media accounts. “Baby Can I Hold You” came off of Chapman’s 1988 self-titled debut that launched the folk-singer into public consciousness.
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